Beyond the laughing sky
Subtitle: a novel
By: Michelle Cuevas ; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Contributors: Morstad, Julie, ill
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780803738676
Subjects: Individuality; Families; Juvenile fiction; Family life; Fiction; Metamorphosis; Belonging (Social psychology); Self-acceptance; Orphans
Description: In the tradition of E. B. White and Kate DiCamillo comes the magical and moving story of a bird-like boy who longs to fly. Ten-year-old Nashville doesn't feel like he belongs with his family, in his town, or even in this world. He was hatched from an egg his father found on the sidewalk and has grown into something not quite boy and not quite bird. Despite the support of his loving parents and his adoring sister, Junebug, Nashville wishes more than anything that he could join his fellow birds up in the sky. After all, what's the point of being part bird if you can't even touch the clouds? With an ear for language and a gift for storytelling, Michelle Cuevas will remind fans of "Stuart Little" and "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" that anything is possible. Even flying.
Notes: Kirkus Review, August 2014

School Library Journal, July 2014

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